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"The Snow Queen" as Native American tale

I'm doing "The Snow Queen" as a fantasy native american story. With Kay and Gerda as native in their tweens , and the Snow Queen as a mischievouswinter spirit. I'd really like to give her a couple of bear-sized white wolverine but I don't think I'll have time for them.

I'm doing the scene where Gerda finally finds Kay, it's right before he's freed from the influence of the troll-mirror splinter. I'd really like their emotion and body language to be earnest.

I'm going to go for a stylised approach with a painted/3D render.

I will try to apply every suggestion I get, but this has to be done before the 4th of August (It's for the FairyTale re-imagined contest)

Not there yet, but that's somewhat self-evident so I guess your question is "why aren't they drawn out yet"? Well I'm hesitating on leaving them limp as if he was almost lifeless/zombi, or finding a more interesting alternative that would still convey the same feel.

I can't be sure but...is the floor going to the horizon line? It looks like the floor has a higher horizon line than the rest of the image. make sure that the horizontal lines on the floor also correspond to the horizon line. Did you ever learn that trick of diminution? There is a fairly easy method for finding the size of things relative to the HL using geometry. I can show you if you like. I'll check back later.

I really dont understand the style at ALL lol. I will be anxious to see.

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I would be wary of having the figures right on the edge of the image. I suggest placing them a little further back on the floor, leaving some space at the bottom. This way they will seem more a part of the environment.

I've been sloppy with the floor texture, I'll fix it, luckily, the texture is on it's own layer.

Well, if some limbs are broken, one is longer then the other etc, it's definitely not style. The fact the characters are white and background colored is also not style :p I just want them to be slightly cartoony.

I would be wary of having the figures right on the edge of the image. I suggest placing them a little further back on the floor, leaving some space at the bottom. This way they will seem more a part of the environment.

Yeah, I was worried that would come up. I'll post a WIP with characters further away, and one as they are for my next post. They used to be further away but I was worried that would turn them into a secondary point of interest.

I agree that you ought to move them in a little. Compositionally, my eye's just sliding off the page. The composition feels really heavy in that bottom-right corner, without anything to cycle the eye back into the rest of the image.

I'm also curious about your concept. Despite the main characters' outfits, nothing else about this feels particularly Native American - it's not really working as a reimagining of the story as a whole, since all that's changed is two characters' clothes. (I really do like your environment design, BTW - it's beautiful - it's just not supporting the concept yet.)

Finally, a couple of anatomy things. The girl's head is looking disconnected from her neck at the moment. I think reference would help - after trying it, I think the tilt of her head/neck is technically possible, but feels awkward and unnatural. Her lower legs need a bit of work. The one facing sideways doesn't look right around the inner curve of the knee - that's not quite how it would connect - and the one facing the viewer doesn't look right around where the ankle connects to the foot. Also, the boy's knees and the girl's knees look like they're fighting to share the same space. I can see how you're trying to make it work, but with the current angle of her legs, I think her nearer leg would actually be inside his at the moment.

I've given the Queen inukshuk inspired snow guards, I've drop the sketch and I'm gonna start painting the characters a bit more clearly right after I'm done blocking the background a bit more. Oh! and I've added the mirror under Kay and Gerda, it'll be broken into pieces though.